San Carlos, Sonora

We spent 3 nights on the Beach of San Francisco with friends, Darren & Gayle and Sammy & Koda, from Darango, Co. We had met them last year in Huatubompo. We went out to La Manga Fishing Village for a bite to eat. Then we took a drive up the coast thru one more little village.

Saturday morning, we headed out for Huatubompita. We got all our permits at Km 98 for our vehicles and got here around 4 pm. They were very happy to see us back, greeted with open arms !

Sunset over Sea of Cortez

A beautiful sunset showing the Moon, Jupiter and Venus !

All cleaned up !!

Out at Cholla Bay, a ride built on stilts ! A Taxi out of the water.

Broken Belt

A rock got lodged in the belt and wore it thin, thankfully Alex noticed before it broke ! We managed to get parts sent down from Tucson and got it all fixed up !!

Puerto Penasco, life on the Beach !

Looking out onto the Beach, temps have been just perfect, high 80's with some nights as low as 60's.

Click on pictures for LARGER view ... worth it !!

We met a few Americans & Canadians living and working here at the local "Capones Pub". They turned out to be quite entertaining ... the truck was the 'stuck' vehicle, causing 4 others to also get stuck ... of course Alex had to be the one to pull the truck out ... they ended up towing the tower .. towing the toad ... I think Alex thought he was back on the Railroad !

Life is certainly entertaining at times !

Puerto Penasco Bike Rally

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Some of the entertainment we watched from the upstairs bar !


Are there new black marks on this pavement ???

We spent a few days in Las Vegas on the way down, then on to Yuma for a week. The Yuma Lakes Resort was nice, and the weather was very warm, high 90's !

On to Puerto Penasca for the Bike Rally ! It's a nice little town right on the Sea of Cortez, and the weather has been beautiful.

Winter 2008 ! (well, almost Winter !! ;-)

We left Greenwood Friday, Oct. 17, approx 10 am, headed south. Our first stop for the night was Pembleton, Oregon. The roads were great and it was actually quite warm. Saturday went well, making our evening destination Well, Nevada. It was quite chilly there. Sunday morning, we headed for Las Vegas. We entered N. Vegas and spent the night up on the hill with the ATV and quaders. They zipped around the hills way past dark.
Monday morning we came down to the Oasis RV Park just at the south end of The Strip, and spent the day just setting up, organizing and just relaxing ! I have some bead orders to get made, so that is on my list for Tues. morning. Then maybe the Pool ?? or do some site seeing ??? will decide that then.
All for now, will load some pictures tomorrow !!